Shop shoes, clothes, bags and even rainbow-hued food in celebration of Pride month
Pride month is upon us again. Are you one of those who plan to celebrate and show support to the LGBTQ+ community? On the lookout for rainbow-hued merchandise? Read on for ideas on how you can join in and uplift our friends and family.
Shoes, clothes and everything rainbow!
These fabulous kicks, undergarments, shirts, bags, hats and umbrella will complete your look for Pride month.
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Lazada Vans Pride sneakers
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Calvin Klein Modern Cotton Pride brief
Rainbow Rib Sweatpant by Revolve
Ombre You Say Dress by Revolve
Disney Pride Collection Mickey Mouse Loungefly Backpack
See By Chloe Shell Shoulder Bag, S$624.57
adidas Originals pride flight bag
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adidas Originals Pride trefoil bucket hat
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Rainbow Hat by Revolve, S$273.42
Rainbow Umbrella, S$52.15
It's raining Pride T-shirts
You see, there are different ways to get yourself heard. Case in point, these statement T-shirts will do the trick.
Marvel Pride Collection T-Shirt (Adult)
Star Wars Pride Collection Woven Shirt (Adult)
Star Wars Pride Collection Spirit Jersey (Adult)
Rainbow heart T-shirt
Adidas Pride T-shirt
Hold virtual Pride parties and support local
Planning a home party with your nearest and dearest? Get dressed in your Pride T-shirt, order the prettiest looking rainbow cake or rainbow kueh lapis, put up some pink fairy lights and viola, it's party time!
Pastry Mart Kueh Lapis Rainbow, 1 kg
Baker's Brew Rainbow Tower Cake, from S$95
Jazz up your home with pink LED fairy lights
Create a rainbow in your home
Before you set off for any Pride parties, let us take a moment to dig a little deeper into its origins.
Pride month had its roots in remembrance of the Stonewall uprising in June 1969 that has come to stand for fighting for equal rights of the LGBTQ+ community. In 1999, President Bill Clinton issued a proclamation for the Gay and Lesbian Pride Month. He called upon “Gays and lesbians, their families and friends, [to] celebrate the anniversary of Stonewall every June in America as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month." That sealed June as Pride month officially.
And in case you are wondering, LGBTQ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning or Queer, while the "+" represents other sexual identities.
Now you will never be stumped by a smart-aleck asking you about Pride's origins and whatever LGBTQ+ means. Next, let us delve a little deeper into the hues of the Rainbow flag.
Did you know that there are only six stripes on the Pride Rainbow Flag? Say what? Yes, you heard that right. The official Rainbow Flag of the LGBTQ+ community has only six colours. Each colour holds a meaning: red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, blue for harmony and purple for spirit.
Let us go back in time. The original Rainbow Flag designed by gay activist Gilbert Baker in 1978 sported eight colours. Each of the eight colours were assigned specific meanings by the designer: Pink = Sex, Red = Life, Orange = Healing, Yellow = Sunlight, Green = Nature, Turquoise = Art, Indigo = Harmony, and Violet = Spirit.
However, sourcing for the pink fabric required for the top layer proved an uphill task as hot pink was not a colour in demand then. So out goes pink. That’s one colour down. So whatever happened to indigo, the 7th colour?
Story has it that when the 1979 Pride Parade Committee decided to use the 7-stripe rainbow flag to honour the assassinated gay community leader Harvey Milk, the logistics involved to divide the colours evenly on parade grounds led to the eventual decision to stick to an even number of colours on the flag. And that is the story of the 6-striped Rainbow Pride flag. Over the years, the former indigo stripe evolved into a more classic royal blue.
LGBTQ+ reads
There’s nothing like reading to broaden our horizons and open our minds. These reads will shed some light on the lives of the LGBTQ+ community and probably make you shed a tear or two.
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
Loving My (LGBT) Neighbor by Glenn Stanton
David Bowie Made Me Gay : 100 Years of LGBT Music by Darryl W. Bullock
Better yet, get your own Kobo and read to your heart's content!
Now that you are clued in on the evolution of Pride and the symbolism of the Rainbow flag, it’s time to celebrate Pride month and start shopping for all things rainbow, pink and beautiful!